Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke is a writer at the Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year.

Netflix’s Black Doves is as irresistible as it is annoying

This festive spy thriller is farcical and freewheeling –and like a decent cracker it packs a certain bang.

By Rachel Cooke

By Rachel Cooke

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In this second series, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy, the mood is hushed. What volumes…

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In this slick adaptation of Freddie Forsyth’s novel, Eddie Redmayne’s cheekbones shine.

By Rachel Cooke

How did this series, in which dastardly pensioner zombies feast on teenagers, get made?

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This film from Hope Not Hate – pulled from the London Film Festival on safety grounds – has a…

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Richard E Grant is glorious in this Rolls-Royce production from Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes.

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This Disney+ take on Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles is very funny and deeply satisfying. And what a multiplicity of…

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This Apple TV series starring Cate Blanchett is despair-inducing tripe.

By Rachel Cooke

Sophie Turner shines in this TV biopic of an Eighties jewellery thief.

By Rachel Cooke